ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,732, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc..
"Porous composites with high-aspect ratio crystals" was invented by Robert L. Cleek (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Edward H. Cully (Newark, Del.), Paul D. Drumheller (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Mei Li (Middletown, Del.) and Peter D. Traylor (Flagstaff, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed toward composite materials comprising high aspect ratio habits of drug crystals which can be partially or fully extending into a substrate, and additionally, can be projecting from a substrate at an angle of about 20deg to about 90deg. The present disclosure is direc...